RARE BANNER BUF BRITISH UNION OF FASCIST OSWALD MOSELEY For Sale

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RARE BANNER BUF BRITISH UNION OF FASCIST OSWALD MOSELEY: $330

Extremely rare banner flag pennant for the British union of
the Fascist.
This was found in Birmingham England in 1976 directly from the
UK Fascist vet.
22 X 30 inches, the stitching around the fringe glows with the
black light but many times this happens if material is washed withpowder
soap.
Only the winner of the salewill get name and information
of the vet.
Also from the same vet I have for sale on e bay on a
separate sale the uniform armband and flag pin.
The British Union (BU) was a political
party in the United Kingdom formed in 1932 by Sir Oswald Mosley as the British Union of
Fascists, in 1936 it changed its name to the British Union of Fascists
and National Socialists and then in 1937 to simply the British Union.
It existed until 1940, when it was proscribed by the authorities.

Oswald Mosley was the youngest elected Conservative MP before
crossing the floor in 1922, joining first the Labour
Party and, shortly afterwards, the Independent Labour Party. He became a minister in
Ramsay
MacDonald's Labour government, advising on rising
unemployment. In 1930 he issued his 'Mosley Memorandum' a proto-Keynesian programme of policies designed to
tackle the unemployment problem, and resigned from the party soon after, in
early 1931, when the plans were rejected. He immediately formed the New
Party, with policies based on his memorandum; but,
despite winning 16% of the vote at a by-election in Ashton-under-Lyne in early 1931, the party failed
to achieve any electoral success.

Over 1931 the New Party became increasingly influenced by
Fascism. The next year, after a January 1931
visit to Benito
Mussolini in Italy, Mosley's own conversion to fascism was confirmed. He wound up the New
Party in April, but preserved its youth movement, which would form the core of
the BUF, intact. He spent summer that year writing a fascist programme, The
Greater Britain, and this formed the basis of policy of the BUF, which was
launched in October 1932

Mosley, known to his followers as The Leader, modelled his
leadership style on Benito
Mussolini and the BUF on Mussolini's National
Fascist Party in Italy, including an imitation of the Italian Fascists' black uniforms for members, earning them the nickname
"Blackshirts". The BUF was anti-communist and protectionist, and proposed replacing parliamentary democracy with executives elected
to represent specific industries, trades or other professional interest groups –
a system similar to the corporatism of the Italian fascists. Unlike the
Italian system, British fascist corporatism planned to replace the House of Lords with elected executives drawn from
major industries, the clergy, and colonies. The House
of Commons was to be reduced to allow for a faster,
"less factionist" democracy.

The BUF's programme and ideology were outlined in Mosley's
Great Britain (1932) and A. Raven Thompson's The Coming Corporate
State (1938). Many BUF policies were built on isolationism, prohibiting trade outside an
insulated British
Empire. Mosley’s system aimed to protect the British
economy from the fluctuations of the world market, especially during the
Great
Depression, and prevent "cheap slave competition from
abroad.

Mosley, known to his followers as The Leader, modelled his
leadership style on Benito
Mussolini and the BUF on Mussolini's National
Fascist Party in Italy, including an imitation of the Italian Fascists' black uniforms for members, earning them the nickname
"Blackshirts". The BUF was anti-communist and protectionist, and proposed replacing parliamentary democracy with executives elected
to represent specific industries, trades or other professional interest groups –
a system similar to the corporatism of the Italian fascists. Unlike the
Italian system, British fascist corporatism planned to replace the House of Lords with elected executives drawn from
major industries, the clergy, and colonies. The House
of Commons was to be reduced to allow for a faster,
"less factionist" democracy.

The BUF's programme and ideology were outlined in Mosley's
Great Britain (1932) and A. Raven Thompson's The Coming Corporate
State (1938). Many BUF policies were built on isolationism, prohibiting trade outside an
insulated British
Empire. Mosley’s system aimed to protect the British
economy from the fluctuations of the world market, especially during the
Great
Depression, and prevent "cheap slave competition from
abroad.

With lack of electoral success, the party drew away from
mainstream politics and towards extreme antisemitism over 1934-1935, which saw the
resignation of members such as Dr. Robert
Forgan. Its provocative antisemitic activity in London
led to serious, often violent, conflict, most famously at the Battle
of Cable Street in October 1936, when over 100,000
anti-Fascists of English, Irish, Jewish and Somali (amongst others) descent
successfully prevented the fascists from marching through London's East
End.

Membership fell to below 8,000 by the end of 1935. The
government was sufficiently concerned, however, to pass the Public
Order Act 1936, which banned political
uniforms and required police consent for political
marches. This act hindered BUF activity, although in the years building up to
the war they enjoyed brief success on the back of their "Peace Campaign" to
prevent conflict with Germany. In May 1940, the BUF was banned outright by the
government, and Mosley, along with 740other fascists, was interned for much of World War II. After the war,
Mosley made several unsuccessful attempts to revive his brand of fascism,
notably in the Union
Movement.

Leader Oswald Mosley Founded 1932 Dissolved 1940 Preceded by New
PartyBritish
Fascisti Succeeded by Union
Movement Ideology Fascism,British
Nationalism,British
Imperialism,National
Corporatism Political
position Far
right International affiliation N/A
Official colours
Flash and
Circle

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